When The Corrections appeared, it was immediately nominated as a candidate for The Great American Novel. Jonathan Franzen discusses his manner of writing, his method of construction, and the possibility that his book advocates a family values-based neo-conservatism.

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When The Corrections (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) appeared, it was immediately nominated as a candidate for The Great American Novel. Here, in a lively and contentious conversation, Jonathan Franzen discusses his manner of writing, his method of construction, and the possibility that his book advocates a family values-based neo-conservatism.